[Non-Sequitur]

I think that the proper statement would be that “to the majority of the Confederate Leadership, slavery was the main issue”.....not to the average citizen or soldier.

It was the confederate leadership that took the average citizen or soldier to war to begin with.

[TexConfederate1861]

The average citizen voted to secede. I don’t believe they voted to secede to enable a small group to keep their slaves. They voted to secede, because they didn’t like other people interfering in their business.